Re: Text marked with "Do not check spelling or grammar" was skippe

I'm glad you ultimately found it in the Review tab, but I'm at a loss as to why you're not seeing it in the status bar at the bottom of the Word window. The only reason it doesn't show up is when too many status bar options are selected (well... registry corruption can make it not show up, too). As a test, you might try turning off ALL of the status bar options except for Language, and see if it shows up then. Note that it's not an icon, and it's not the word "language". If you're in the U.S., it will display as English (United States). And, while it looks like it's just there to tell you the current language, it's actually clickable--clicking on it displays the Language dialog box, which is exactly what the Set Language tool in the Review tab does.

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Tammy" <Tammy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:AD7E6905-338C-433E-9E06-CE4F427398DB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Herb,

Based on your guidance, I got into Help and found there is a "Set Language"
button on the Ribbon. This gave me the option you mentioned below - the "do
not check spelling and grammar" option. After selecting the text, clicking
the "Set Language" button, and unchecking the "Do not check..." button, all
the incorrectly spelled words were recognized.

Thanks so much for the help - it was exactly what i needed!

Have a great week!

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

With Language selected in the list of Status Bar tools, your language should
appear on the status bar. Here, the language tool says "English (United
States)". Do you not have that? If not, then perhaps there are too many
status bar option selected to display the language tool. Try right-clicking
the status bar and turning off some options you're less likely to need to
see if your language appears.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Tammy" <Tammy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:00CCFDFC-906C-4A0E-B89A-66199EA0C4C5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Herb,
>
> Thank you so much for replying to my post. I am using Word 2007, I have
> "Language" selected in my status bar options, but there is no icon
> appearing
> on the status bar. When i turn it off, nothing changes on the status > bar,
> when I turn the option on, nothing appears on the status bar. Any
> suggestions
> on that one? I'm anxious to test your solution to my problem.
>
> Thanks, again!!
>
> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> "Do not check spelling..." is a language formatting attribute. This >> kind
>> of
>> thing often happens when text is pasted from another document or from >> an
>> internet browser. Select the text, and choose Tools - Language - Set
>> Language. Remove the check next to "Do not check spelling or grammar".
>> (You
>> can also get to this dialog by double-clicking the language indicator >> in
>> Word's status bar).
>>
>> To get this dialog in Word 2007, if you see the language indicator in >> the
>> status bar, click it. If the language indicator isn't displayed,
>> right-click
>> the status bar, and click Language. The language indicator should now
>> show
>> up.
>>
>> -- >> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>
>>
>> "Tammy" <Tammy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:4EF25F01-425D-4644-8A4F-4DC0969A81AF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I have a user who's document is not catching all the mispelled >> > words. I
>> > copied some of the words to a new document and ran the spell >> > checker -
>> > received this message:
>> >
>> > "The spelling and grammar check is complete. Text marked with "Do >> > not
>> > check
>> > spelling or grammar" was skipped."
>> >
>> > This is the first time I've seen this message. Can someone tell me >> > how
>> > this
>> > option got applied, and how it can be turned off (if it can)?
>> >
>> > Thanks so much!
>>
>>



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